STOP UNPLUGGING IT. You are doing it wrong. You charge until it turns green, then turn it off. Voila, it will go orange again.
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What HTC now says about bump charging
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STOP UNPLUGGING IT. You are doing it wrong. You charge until it turns green, then turn it off. Voila, it will go orange again.
Moto has implemented some pretty cool power management from what I hear
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uh no, that does NOTHING different whatsoever. the original method from this forum was unplug at green, turn off, then plug back in and it's orange.
point is, there's no difference doing it either way. the results are still exactly the same. bump charging doesn't do jack on my phone anymore.
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The only thing "bump charging" does is slightly "bump" the cost of your electric bill. The rest is all in your head people.
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Not it's not...charging quantifiably increases the charge on the battery. Try it yourself...
Charge the battery while on, till it turns green. Let it sit for a couple minutes with the screen on, and check out how many mV across your battery (System panel will tell you).
Then bump charge it, and repeat the test. It will be Higher.
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its not so much "bump charging" its the fact the phone is off and will charge the last 10% of the battery capacity basically
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I was just being an ass. I have no idea whether a bump charge actually solves people's battery problems, but I just find it humorous how big of a deal people make over this. I'll give it a shot next time and see if I notice any quantifiable difference.
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Quoted for truth.
I turn mine off when I get in the shower, don't need it then so it's the best time and I shower EVERY day. By the time I am finished getting dressed it's green and ready to go.
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Haha, no I'm not. I just meant the Yanks are heading to Boston for a 3 game series. This time of the year is really nice there, haven't been in some time. But nonetheless, since this bump thing has turned an ugly corner, Yanks are tied for first and they better get their act together and kick some Bosox ass. Both, Yanks and TB, are 1 game over Minn for the best record and home field throughout.
I swap batteries daily with a fully, externally charged 1500 or 1300. Stays above 95% for hours. Then I turn my phone on.
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Who are you trying to convince about your showering habits?
I don't bump all the time anymore, but that is what I do, plug it in at bedtime, use it as my alarm clock and then turn it off when I get in the shower.
By the time I am dressed and out the door the LED is green again!
To be honest though, I stopped using any sort of battery monitor a while ago and with or without bumping it lasts all day, no problem!
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You might want to try a factory reset. I did a factory reset and can confirm that bump charging still very much works on Froyo. With the 2150 battery, it would stay at 100% over 2 hours after I unplugged the phone. This depends on usage obviously. That test was while I was at work and not using the phone a whole lot.
With the stock battery it will stay at 100% for at least a hour.
When I don't do a bump charge it drops down right away by just unplugging the phone. So it definitely does still work on Froyo.
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I take back my mockery of this whole "bump charge." I did it for the first time (by just turning my phone off after it turned green and letting it go from orange to green again) and already I noticed the battery dropped from 100% much slower. Can't say I'll do this every day, but it definitely stops the battery from dropping off quickly after being unplugged.
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^Definitely. It really does make a difference. I too find it annoying to have to keep restarting but whatever works I guess.
Charging my new 1500mah battery now. Will be interesting to see how much better it is tomorrow.
Charging my new 1500mah battery now. Will be interesting to see how much better it is tomorrow.
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....but if you charge with it powered off anyway, I suppose you get the "bump" anyway, correct? Surely charging with it powered off then unplugging/replugging and charging again wouldn't do anything (not that it makes much less sense than it not fully charging while powered on).
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some heated debates, seriously folks go to ebay and grab one of those wall charger things for less then 10 bucks, mine came with 2 batteries (junk but I keep them topped off just in case im away from power for a few days). I just swap between a 2100 and 3500 either lasts me 24 hours easy, actually 36 hrs is a good norm for me on the 2100 and the 3500 you can pretty much do whatever you want all day or can stretch it into 2-3 days. I just throw a freshly charged one in every day for the fun of it and rarely even plug my phone in anymore. last time I used the stock batt, coming off that charger I got 13 hours before i hit 20%, with 7 hrs awake. honestly I was brutalizing the phone, streaming music surfing and stuff, I would consider the battery life acceptable, the "bump" helps definately but I really don't like leaving my phone off for extended periods.
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OK, now I'm totally confused. A different thread described the 'correct' way to bump charge was to turn the phone completely off. In the morning, when green, unplug and wait until it goes green again. Then turn on.
But this thread has folks saying you don't have to turn all the way off, just asleep? For me, that goes to green immediately. When I do it turned off, it takes about 10-20 mins to go to green again. That, to me, tells me it's charging way more than if I didn't do it at all.
Discuss.
But this thread has folks saying you don't have to turn all the way off, just asleep? For me, that goes to green immediately. When I do it turned off, it takes about 10-20 mins to go to green again. That, to me, tells me it's charging way more than if I didn't do it at all.
Discuss.
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if you charge til it says 100% with phone on that is really like 90%
if you charge with phone off til green that is actually 100%
so its not charging way more, its 10% more maybe.
if you charge with phone off til green that is actually 100%
so its not charging way more, its 10% more maybe.
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If you complain that it is not bump charging and you are doing it wrong, don't get all douchey with me. Just telling you the correct way to get it to work. I bet you went home, did it this way and it worked. However in your attempt at contempt you will never admit it.
You are welcome however.
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Who are you trying to convince about your showering habits?
Just a subtle reminder to those who think going for days without showering doesn't affect anyone else. Protecting my nose
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I don't see a reason to get hostile guys!
It is quite simple really, if you charge your phone "till green" while powered on and then you shut it off, the LED will go red and charge the rest of the way. Once green again, it is fully charged.
The bottom line is that the stock battery is ill suited for this phone but if you swap it out for an HTC 1500 or Seidio 1750, most of us should never need to bump charge to get through the day.
I know some people came to the party late with this phone, but this issue is over 6 months old now. No phone is perfect and the charging behavior on this phone will never be "fixed" so let's all just help each other out when we can!
It is quite simple really, if you charge your phone "till green" while powered on and then you shut it off, the LED will go red and charge the rest of the way. Once green again, it is fully charged.
The bottom line is that the stock battery is ill suited for this phone but if you swap it out for an HTC 1500 or Seidio 1750, most of us should never need to bump charge to get through the day.
I know some people came to the party late with this phone, but this issue is over 6 months old now. No phone is perfect and the charging behavior on this phone will never be "fixed" so let's all just help each other out when we can!
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Not sure if this is correct, but I read it somewhere else. I've read that when most phones are on when charging, it powers the phone from the power source and not the battery. Supposedly, the Incredible draws its power from the battery even when its plugged in. So its discharging while its charging, and the OS doesn't keep polling the battery status. So shutting it off and turning it back on forces the OS to poll the battery to get the status. Charging with the phone off, the phone doesn't use any power from the battery, so its 100% charged when its done.
Like I said, I'm not sure if this is true, but just thought I'd mention it.
Like I said, I'm not sure if this is true, but just thought I'd mention it.
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